Greater China's Quest for Innovation

by Rowen, Henry S.

• ISBN13: 9781931368124
• ISBN10: 1931368120
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-12-01
• Publisher: The Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center

Summary

In the future, perhaps. Today, however, Greater China-Mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong-is focused on the quest for innovation.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. vii
Introduction	p. 9
Research Institutes	p. 33
Success in "Pasteur's Quadrant"? The Chinese Academy of Sciences and Its Role in the National Innovation System	p. 35
ITRI's Role in Developing the Access Network Industry in Taiwan	p. 57
Restructuring China's Research Institutes	p. 67
R&D By Multinational Companies	p. 83
The Political Economy of Technological Development: China's Information Technology Sector	p. 85
Multinational R&D in China: Myths and Realities	p. 109
Linking Local and National Innovation Networks: Multinational Companies' R&D Centers in Taiwan	p. 129
R&D Globalization and Silicon Triangle Dynamics	p. 147
Cooperation in Chinese Innovation Systems	p. 157
Cross-border R&D Networks and International R&D: A Study of Taiwanese Firms	p. 169
Talent and Innovative Capacity	p. 179
China's Emerging Science and Technology Talent Pool: A Quantitative and Qualitative Assessment	p. 181
Can Chinese IT Firms Develop Innovative Capabilities Within Global Knowledge Networks?	p. 197
Toward a Better Understanding of China's Scientific Elite	p. 217
China's Return Migrants and Its Innovative Capacity	p. 231
Statistical Indicators: Patents and Journals	p. 253
What Do They Patent in China, and Why?	p. 255
A Comparative Analysis of Chinese and International Aggregated Citation Relations among Journals	p. 269
The Role of Global Multinational Corporations versus Indigenous Firms in the Rapid Growth of East Asian Innovation: Evidence from U.S. Patent Data	p. 281
High-Tech Regions	p. 309
Knowledge Spillovers and Growth in the Hsinchu Science-based Industry Park	p. 311
The Development of Innovative Capacity in Hong Kong	p. 317
China and the Emerging Regional System of Technological Entrepreneurship	p. 337
Changing Industry Dynamics: Intellectual Property and the New Media	p. 357
Managing Intellectual Property in the Chinese Semiconductor Industry	p. 359
China's New Media: Shaping New Industries with New Policy Regimes	p. 371
About the Contributors	p. 389
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